"Ask papa," she said.
"His father was an old friend of papa's." "Rosa, you are prevaricating.

Young men do not call on old gentlemen when there is an attractive young lady in the house." The argument was getting too close; so Rosa operated a diversion.

"So," said she, with a sudden air of lofty disdain, swiftly and adroitly assumed, "you have had me watched ?" "Not I; I only hear what people say." "Listen to gossip and not have me watched! That shows how little you really cared for me.

Well, if you had, you would have made a little discovery, that is all." "Should I ?" said Christopher, puzzled.

"What ?" "I shall not tell you.